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WWII

Antiques Auctions Featured Militaria News 

Swagger stick from Great Escape hero in sale

April 3, 2024 admin Great Escape, militaria, WWII

A swagger stick that belonged to WW2 Great Escape hero Marcel Zillessen has been found in the back of an

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Art Auctions Featured Militaria News 

Japanese POW illustrations to draw in bidder

December 4, 2023 admin illustrations, militaria, Second World War, WWII

A fascinating illustrated album compiled by a British soldier whilst he was held in Japanese prisoner of war camps during

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Auctions Featured Militaria News watches 

Spitfire pilot’s effects in Surrey sale

August 31, 2022 admin militaria, watches, WWII

Inspired by Battle of Britain Day Ewbank’s Auctioneers in Surrey will sell the personal effects of a spitfire pilot and

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Auctions Featured Militaria News Photography 

Luftwaffe aerial shots of Great Britain will fly

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 admin Ewbank's, photography, WWII

An archive of aerial images of Great Britain taken during the run up to and in the early years of

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Art Auctions Featured Militaria News 

Unknown WWII soldier’s cartoons command attention

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 admin art, Cartoons, Hansons Auctioneers, WWII

Cat-inspired artwork by an unknown Second World War soldier could stun at auction after languishing in a loft for more

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Auctions Ephemera News 

Soldier’s wartime love letters to sell

June 10, 2021 admin 0 Comments Elstob and Elstob, ephemera, letters, WWII

Letters home to a sweetheart and photographs revealing aspects of life in a German Prisoner of War camp form part

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Auctions Featured Militaria News 

Rare WWII cryptology silk in Tennants’ sale

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 admin 0 Comments medals, militaria, WWII

A very rare Second World War cryptology silk, printed with a list of French codes, estimated at £400 to £600, is

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Lancaster bomber yoke
Auctions Featured Militaria News Uncategorized 

Lancaster Bomber control wheel could fly

June 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Hansons, Lancaster Bomber, militaria, WWII

A Lancaster Bomber control wheel from a WWII Avro Lancaster Bomber aeroplane has been uncovered in a Kent farmhouse loft

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Hansons militaria expert, Adrian Stevenson with the Blitz collection
Auctions Militaria 

Coventry Blitz archive at Hansons

November 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments WWII

A remarkable archive of material kept from the Coventry Blitz in 1940 is expected to create interest nationwide when it

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